Just as a follow up. I am a happy camper. My Earthway 2050TP spreader (this is the Estate Deluxe tow behind spreader) was scheduled to arrive today, and at 10:30 this morning Fed Ex pulled up in the driveway. I could not be happier with my purchase. It took only 3 bolts to assemble it. I had a partial bag of soy bean meal left from the fiasco with the agri-fab spreader. I spread it with the Earthway. No problem. I had a bag of milorganite that I wanted to put down. I spread it with the Earthway. No problem. My neighbor had a 40 lb bag of Cockledoodle Doo that I had given him last fall. I put it on with the Earthway. Again no problem. All of these fertilizers spread evenly, at the proper proportion, with no clogging and no aggravation. It was really a pleasure to be able to put down fertilizer and not spend half the day working on the spreader. I would heartily recommend this spreader to those who are interested in a quality product.

Not regular corn meal; corn gluten meal. The feed supply also sells corn meal (at a much cheaper price). Took the chance with my broadcast spreader. Interestingly, once I got past the initial few inches at the top of the bag (this what I initially used to determine how fine), slightly more granular material beneath. So into the hopper and out at about 20 lb/1000 sq ft. It did distribute well enough, although that finer sized material resulted in a yellow cloud about the hopper and my legs for the duration of spreading. And with luck, followed by a good rainfall several hours later. We'll see now . . . thanks

When I called scott's they indicated the accugreen 1000 was an older model compared to the 2000 and 3000. I called because the labels on the 2000 and 3000 indicated that it doesn't need lubrication while the 1000 does. The 1000 also requires assembly and calibration while the two others come assembled and calibrated. The assembly and calibration isn't a big deal but I would have preferred not needing to oil anything. This is the link to the company that ships organic lawn care products (www.organiclawnsforamerica.com) I haven't started it yet but it looks promising. The big problem for me is doing the treatments on time so I'm hoping having them mailed to me would be a good reminder. Also why I was hoping to get a maintenance free spreader and why this was the first time in years I sharpened my mower blade. It's usually not until late spring/early summer that I look at the lawn and think I wished it looked nicer so I miss the most important lawn feedings. The idea of going organic sounds good too because I think that building healthy soil instead of conditioning the lawn to expect to be fed would help if I can't pay attention to the lawn every day. MY uncle uses one of those services that spray the lawn a few times a year and has a great looking lawn. But every few years he winds up switching to a different company because he gets brown spots and hopes the other company will do better. I'm hoping this program works well and I can convince him to start using it too. That way there's another person in the area to help remind me :) I've been emailing the company and sent them some pictures and they were very helpful identifying some of my problems and weeds so I feel optimistic. I'm hoping that starting net year I'll start getting closer to the lawn I'd like. Outside of the program I also have to get the pH of the soil inline as well as aerate and overseed the lawn. There are a couple of trouble spots that seem very compacted and have moss growing. All I did last year was kick off the moss and use a hand cultivator to break up the soil a bit. It took care of most of it but there is still some moss.

Well, I went back to Red Barn Nursery, but I guess they are starting to take notice that people are switching over to organic lawn and garden care, as both a 40lb bag of corn meal as well as a bag of mallasses jumped to $45/bag. They just lost a customer! I went to Cedar Park to Callaghan's Feed Store and found my old 50lb paper bags of corn meal for $15/bag. So, $30 to fertilize my lawn instead of $90. If they can keep that price around that, they just gained a customer for life!! I do appologize for calling out Red Barn Nursery. I feel that by almost doubling the price of organic lawn and garden care items, they are either trying to take advantage of their customers who use these items, or, they flat out picked the wrong supplier to switch to.